Hearing Lin Yanchao mention the Son of Heaven's holy message, the officials bowed their heads at the same time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The officials who opposed Lin Yanchao just now are all gone.

Either nodding, pondering, or serious, and the look and posture of holding the tail between them, how respectful and respectful they should be.

Lin Yanchao looked back and said, "...... Those who do not seek a country are not enough to seek a city, and those who do not seek eternity are not enough to seek a time. The revitalization of culture and education is a matter of a hundred years, a matter of cultivating people, and a lifelong plan must begin with a single step. ”

The officials complained in their hearts, what kind of holy oracle is this, if you say it, you don't say it.

Lin Yanchao coughed lightly and continued: "Shi Chen said to Mencius, Mencius has words, but he does not pay attention to it, he does not observe it, and there are many people who do not know his way for the rest of his life. The mean also says that the people don't know about it every day, so the way of a gentleman is rare. The minister thinks that the people's nature is good, so they can be justified. The nature of the people is not all clear, and there are those who are wise below the middle people, so there are those who cannot be known. Therefore, Confucius said that the people can make it, but not know it. ”

Lin Yanchao said this, what do you mean?

It is to quote the words of Zhongyong and Mencius, the common people (most of the people in the world) are busy working every day, obeying orders and obeying, and do not think deeply about why they are cultivating and doing things, but just take them for granted.

Lin Yanchao said in the next sentence, it is precisely because most of the people are kind, so they can be excused, but many of the people have IQs below the middle people, if you want to tell them the truth of doing things, it is better not to tell them.

That's why Confucius said that the people can make it happen, but they can't know it.

Hearing this, all the officials nodded their heads and said, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Rites would only read from the book and say that 'the people can make it known, but not let it be'.

But Lin Yanchao can tell the truth and apply it, this is his ability.

No wonder Lin Yanchao can become the daily speaker of the Son of Heaven, this gentleman's prelude is right, and the ability to interpret the scriptures, there are really few ministers in the court who can compare to him.

"At that time, His Majesty asked his ministers, can the people make it, or can they make it stronger? Or can the people make it possible, but not the strong? His Majesty replied that His Majesty knew everything when he heard it, and of course the people could make it possible, and it could also make it stronger. Your Majesty asked how it came from, and you know? Whether to open the wisdom of the people, the lower officials are also right. ”

Hearing this, all the officials were stunned, Lin Yanchao's meaning was that the people's wisdom had not been opened, so of course the people could make it happen, but they couldn't make it known, and knowing it would be even more chaotic.

If the wisdom of the people has been opened, then the people can make it and know it. This is the origin of what Lin Yanchao said, 'learn from benevolence and open up the wisdom of the people'.

Several officials were afraid, it turned out that this was the meaning of the Son of Heaven, Lin Yanchao was so cunning, he didn't say it was the Son of Heaven at first, and deliberately led us to refute it, this is digging a pit for us to jump, it's too despicable.

Zhang Siwei asked on the side: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, so did Lin Zhongyun suggest to Your Majesty at that time that the whole country should set up a righteous school, so that the people can be educated by Confucius and Mencius and open up the wisdom of the people." ”

Lin Yanchao nodded and said: "Indeed, I thought that the people should first use three years to learn language and arithmetic, and then three years to learn the way of Confucius and Mencius. ”

After hearing this, Pan Sheng and Zhang Siwei were all laughing, and all the officials below were also laughing.

From their smiles, Lin Yanchao understood what it meant to be 'ideal is beautiful, reality is skinny'.

Pan Sheng smiled and smiled, but sighed: "Lin Zhongyun has the heart of serving the country with a fist, which is admired by the Ministry of Education, and I will say a word to you that is heartfelt, if your suggestion was advocated in the Hongwu year, it is still possible, and it is difficult today." ”

Lin Yanchao knew what Pan Sheng meant, the whole country popularized Yixue and implemented compulsory education, what a big project this is, just that the member of the Ministry of Rites Wailang just proposed that each government set up a few Yixue, which was already criticized as unreliable, not to mention Lin Yanchao's initiative.

Lin Yanchao also proposed the implementation of compulsory education throughout the country, which should be in the Hongwu year, when Zhu Yuanzhang was there, at that time, the grandfather issued a sentence and ordered it to be forbidden.

If any official in the world dares not to do it, if he doesn't do it, he will be killed, so he won't dare to discount you at all. In today's Ming officialdom, hehe, even if it takes ten times the effort, I'm afraid I won't be able to do what I did at the beginning.

Pan Sheng is telling the truth.

In the West, on the other hand, Martin Luther's compulsory education was promoted by religious forces, and the government did not spend much effort at the beginning.

Terakoya in Japan is also run through temples.

As for the Ming Dynasty, although it had no religious foundation, the state organization under the great unification was supposed to be more administratively efficient than the kingdoms and principalities in Europe and the shogunate in Japan, but now it has become an obstacle to its implementation.

It is unreliable for the whole country to set up a free school.

Lin Yanchao sighed: "At that time, the lower officials also played against His Majesty like this, but what I said about this method may be difficult to achieve overnight. But His Majesty told the lower officials, and there is a law to do it......"

The officials said in their hearts, what emperor has a way? You, Lin Yanchao, aren't you fooling me?

Lin Yanchao said: "Your Majesty's message, since the whole country cannot be popularized, can you start from one province, one government and one county, such as at the foot of the Son of Heaven, Shuntianfu, or Nanjing, Yingtianfu." ”

After listening to the words of the Son of Heaven, all the ministers are in their hearts, and this method can be had.

The current problem of the Ming Dynasty is that the executive power of the state organization is weak, but there are two exceptions, one is the Beijing Division, and the other is Nanjing.

One is under the feet of the Son of Heaven, the other is directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and both cities have a population of more than one million, and the people are generally wealthy.

Lin Yanchao continued: "Xiaguan shallow, dare to ask all my lords, if it is in the two prefectures to promote Yixue, and the matter of Yixue under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites in the two capitals, so that no matter after the official eunuchs and nobles, or in the homes of ordinary people in the machine, as well as the families of the officials in the two Beijings, are they all included in the study of righteousness, is this method feasible?" ”

"If the people of this city do not allow school-age children in their families to go to Yixue to study, the imperial court can immediately detain and arrest them, is this law feasible?"

"If it is a Beijing division and Nanjing is implemented, can it be extended to the world? First thirteen provincial capitals, then all the prefectures and cities in the world, and then to the counties and counties? Is it the work of a saint to make all the school-age children in the world be upheld? ”

The officials said in their hearts, Lin Yanchao said that this method was thought by the emperor, but I am afraid that Lin Yanchao proposed it, but in any case, it was approved by the Son of Heaven.

This method is undoubtedly better than the previous method proposed by Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Rites, to establish a nationwide voluntary school.

Of course, it is easier to promote voluntary education and universal education in the capital than it is to implement it nationwide. The appropriation of each item of the imperial court can be supervised nearby, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, and does not have to be handled by the local government layer by layer, which can effectively prevent officials from working up and down.

In addition, as far as utility is concerned, there are more than 2 million ordinary people in the two capitals, and there are 3.5 million school-age children and teenagers.

Moreover, the families and nephews of the officials are all in Beijing, and the free education is beneficial to the Beijing officials present, so many officials are moved.